Misha Tadd

Biographic Data

ID993536
NAMEMisha Tadd
GIVEN NAMESMisha
FAMILY NAMETadd
SIGNATURETADD M
AFFILIATIONSNankai University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • An 18th-Century Catholic-Daoist Theology

    Open AccessMisha TaddARTICLEReligions2025References: 4

    A fundamental question when comparing Western and Chinese traditions is what if any similarities exist between the key metaphysical concepts Being and Non-Being and you 有 and wu 無. We find an inspired solution in the oldest preserved translation of the Laozi, the "Liber Sinicus Táo Tě Kīm inscriptus, in Latinum idioma Versus." This 18th c. Latin translation by a Jesuit Figurist makes a particularly fascinating argument for the equation of Being a…

  • What Is Global Laozegetics

    Open AccessMisha TaddARTICLEReligions2022

    Mainstream scholarship on the Laozi or Daodejing generally focuses on the “original” text and its “original” meaning. However, the Chinese study of Laoxue 老學 (translated here with the author’s neologism “Laozegetics”) offers a valuable alternative, as it shifts focus to the hermeneutical and historical value of the 2185 Chinese, 430 Japanese, and 91 Korean relevant interpretations and commentaries on the classic. The inclusive perspective of Laoz…

  • Global Laozegetics

    Misha TaddARTICLEJournal of the History of Ideas2022Cited by: 9

    The Laozi (or Daodejing) is unique within the global transmission of ideas as the most translated philosophical work. This article confirms the proliferation of this classic (1930 translations in 94 languages) and employs the framework of Global Laozegetics to engage the diversity of interpretations included within this material. Its first section covers various early renderings in Asia and Europe, while its second section highlights how translat…

  • The Translingual Ziran of Laozi Chapter 25

    Open AccessMisha TaddARTICLEReligions2022Cited by: 3References: 6

    Many scholars view translations of the Chinese classics as inevitably lacking fidelity to the "original," asserting language difference as a fundamental impediment to cross-cultural understanding. The present study disputes this viewpoint by employing the perspective of Global Laozegetics. This notion affirms a fundamental continuity between the native Laozi or Daodejing commentarial tradition and its corresponding foreign translation tradition. …

  • Ziran

    Open AccessMisha TaddARTICLEReligions2019Cited by: 5References: 9

    This essay explores the core Daoist concept of ziran (commonly translated as spontaneity, naturalness, or self-so) and its relationship to authenticity and authority. Modern scholarship has often followed the interpretation of Guo Xiang (d. 312) in taking ziran as spontaneous individual authenticity completely unreliant on any external authority. This form of Daoism emphasizes natural transformations and egalitarian society. Here, the author draw…

  • Varieties of Yin and Yang in the Han

    Open AccessMisha TaddARTICLEDiogenes2017

    In the study of Chinese thought, the products of the Han dynasty have historically been identified as those most antithetical to Western rationalism. In many of these narratives, the commentarial tradition and systems of complementary yin and yang receive the most attention. The present work draws on Mawangdui texts ( Guan, Cheng , and Cixiong jie ), the writings of Dong Zhongshu, the Huainanzi , and ultimately Heshanggong's Commentary on the Dao…

  • Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts

    Open AccessMisha Tadd, Zhongjiang WangBOOKOrder in Early Chinese Excavated…2016

    Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have transformed our understanding of classical Chinese thought. In this book, Wang Zhongjiang closely examines these texts and, by parsing the

  • Parasites, Worms, and the Human Body in Religion and Culture

    Brenda S Gardenour, Brenda Gardenour et al.EDITORBOOKParasites, worms, and the human…2012